Eighty Years' War
Netherlands independence struggle
The Eighty Years' War was the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, lasting from 1568 to 1648.
It resulted in the independence of the Dutch Republic (the Netherlands) from the Habsburg Spanish Empire.
The conflict intertwined with religious struggles between Protestantism and Catholicism and shaped European politics for generations.
Also called the Dutch War of Independence.
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight
- independenceFreedom from external control
siege warfare · iconoclasm · Maurice of Nassau · Philip II of Spain · Counter-Reformation · fortifications · religious persecution · Spanish Empire · William of Orange · spice trade · naval battles · Protestant Reformation · federalism · religious freedom · guerrilla tactics · diplomacy · absolutism · Low Countries
- BrabantBrabantine Gothic, Brussels, Antwerp
Eighty Years' WarSix-Day War
Week-minus-one combat, 1967
Falklands War · Gulf War · blitzkrieg · Yom Kippur War · decisive battle
Eighty Years' WarPeace of Westphalia
1648 sovereignty-establishing treaties
Pax Romana · peace · alliance · Dutch Golden Age · armistice